𝙐𝙉𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝘼𝘽𝙇𝙀

8. Internet Wipe

Sitting in a lab room being enclosed by Maria who was sitting in another chair plucking glass out of her foot, while everyone else was watching Frankie like a a hawk. It wasn't the best outcome but the worst was a bullet through her head or being killed by that pile of metal. Everyone who was at the attack was in the room. JJ avoided Frankie like the plague. It hurt the blonde but she understood what it felt like to be lied to. Tony was staring at the disfigured and broken bot.

"All our work is gone." Bruce spoke on the lap top search through the device,

"Ultron cleared out, used the internet as an escape hatch." Bruce looked around the room then Steve spoke up but more mumbled.

"Ultron." Frankie had never seen a the embodiment of a boy scout so mad, maybe he'd curse. 

"He's been in everything. Files, surveillance." All attention went to Nat, she was looking on her own computer,

"Probably knows more about us than we know about each other." She spoke again leaning on one leg, crossing her arms and staring at the teen. As Clint and some other looked around at each other, Frankie put her knees to her chest as the words of the robot repeated in her head, "All murderers" No matter how many times Frankie could weep about the death, she was no better then the men who murdered her only friend. 

"He's in your files, he's in the internet." Rhodes stood form his leaning position holding his arm and started walking towards the center his gaze locking with Frankie's for a second them Maria.

"What if he decides to access something a little more exciting?" He looked and Maria added on to his thought,

"Nuclear codes." Maria sat by a table keeping an eye on the teen while her foot was on her lap picking the bits and pieces out of her foot, a tray on her side with gauze, players, stitching, and tape. The little tray reminded Frankie oh so much of where she came from before, a sterile environment with nothing but doctor tools to torture and experiment.

"Nuclear codes." The man started pacing, it was like watching the small square in the TV.

"Look, we need to make some calls, assuming we still can." He finished his sentences using his bad arm while speaking. Bad idea, Frankie knew that but the man didn't shoe it on his face. 

"Nukes? He said he wanted us dead." Natasha looked at Rhodes confused raising her eyebrow looking around. 

"He didn't say dead. He said extinct. Which just so happened after he stared at her" Frankie froze staring at the man in blue, he stared back angry as most eyes fell on Frankie.

"You think I'm in cahoots with that thing. Stark made it, and I have nothing to do with him. You should be blaming him." Frankie got defensive untucking her legs about to pounce on the man her fist clenched but Maria grabbed the teens wrist as a warning and she sat back down rolling her eyes. 

"Were getting off topic, he had also said he killed somebody." Clint had broke the tension in the air leaning on the railing from the higher place on the floor. 

"But there wasn't anyone else in the building." Maria let go of Frankie looking up at Clint going back to her foot. 

"Yes there was." Tony walked up and started to bring up the now-destroyed 3D image of JARVIS' consciousness.

"That's not a someone, its a thing." Frankie spoke very confused on why they were so devastated by a AI. Maria leaned over and tapped the teen.

"Just let the mad men grieve." She whispered to Frankie who laughed a bit but soon went back to her usual flat face.